Anatomy Dissection and Early Career Engagement: A Narrative Review of Undergraduate Medical Education in Rwanda

Background and Aims: At the start of their professions, trainees pursuing bachelor's degrees in medicine and surgery participate in a long program that constitutes mainstream medical education. The practicalities surrounding anatomical study, whether by dissection, using cadaveric specimens, or prosection, is essential. However, it requires infrastructure and enough specimens, amongst other paraphernalia, making it challenging to teach effectively in low-resource settings. This narrative review explores the importance of anatomy dissection courses for undergraduate students at the University of Rwanda and how its influences support early career involvement. Methods: Unrestricted search was conducted in Google Scholar and PubMed/MEDLINE and other online databases. This focused-on anatomy education and dissection courses for undergraduate students. Results: The significance of utilizing the clinical skills learned of undergraduate students whilst boosting self-confidence to become future successful surgeons. Additionally, the research abilities exhibited by undergraduate students were utilized to enhance their professional development and gain knowledge of anatomical variations when writing case reports. Moreover, various obstacles coincide with the pursuit of anatomical study in Rwanda that affects students enrolling in such anatomy dissection classes. These comprise a dearth of undergraduate students, poor infrastructure of standard laboratories, and insufficient numbers of cadavers. Conclusion: Since there is currently evidence that early involvement has a favorable impact on a student's career, we should discover methods to include medical students in dissection courses.